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EFFINGHAM – Small mistakes plagued the Brownstown High School volleyball team during the National Trail Conference and Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournaments this past week.

With two wins in seven games over the two tournaments, the Lady Bombers did show some signs of improvement against Beecher City in the final game of the NTC Tournament on Saturday, during a 25-27, 25-17, 25-22 loss.

At 7-15 overall and 2-4 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Franklin College has struggled.

Since Oct. 5, however, it has been a pretty good stretch. The team has lost only one match since then, which came against Spalding College. Franklin freshman Taylor Parrish, a Vandalia graduate, has been a big part of that turn-around.

The Grizzlies have defeated Manchester College (3-2), Indiana University-Northwest (3-1) and Earlham College (3-1).

Order forms for Vandalia football playoff T-shirts, lone-sleeved T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts are available at the Vandalia Community High School office until 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. All orders must be completed by that time.

State Sen. Kyle McCarter is hosting a free Financial Information Seminar for area seniors on Monday at the Vandalia Moose Lodge.
“The seminar will provide valuable consumer and financial information to help seniors remain independent and financially safe,” said McCarter (R-Lebanon).
The event will be held from 9 a.m.-noon and will include representatives from the offices of State Treasurer Dan Rutherford and Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka.

Listening to the Cardinals on the Radio
(Like Dad Did)
That time is here again – the baseball playoffs and the St Louis Cardinals are in them!
We do not have cable or satellite. We still have an antenna with the little “box,” which usually works fine for us, for what television we watch … until the baseball playoffs and begin.
We have two modern version radios, neither of which will pick up KMOX good enough to hear it.